RadioTimes.com<\/a> can now exclusively reveal a new first-look clip from the show.<\/p>\nThe teaser shows Lesley Manville\u2019s character \u2013 a literary editor named Susan Ryeland \u2013 playing hardball with German publisher Klaus Eckerman (James Flynn) over the rights to a new manuscript by best-selling mystery writer Alan Conway (Conleth Hill).<\/p>\n
It opens as she hurriedly puts on her shoes on an escalator before meeting Klaus, who asks her if she\u2019s considered his offer.<\/p>\n
She responds that it\u2019s not enough, and when he claims that he doesn\u2019t agree, she retorts: \u201cWell, you wouldn\u2019t, would you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCome on, Susan, we\u2019re old friends, we don\u2019t need to haggle,\u201d says Klaus, to which she replies: \u201cOh, I thought that\u2019s what I was here for.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then laughs before she adds: \u201c18 million copies sold worldwide, two and a half million in this territory, 35 languages and a TV series on the way.\u201d<\/p>
After a brief discussion about another publishing house, Klaus says: \u201cWe can go to \u20ac75,000\u201d \u2013 but this offer doesn\u2019t appear to sway Susan.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, we won\u2019t go below 100,\u201d she says, and when Klaus says that the figure is too high, she points out that \u201che has a new book\u201d.<\/p>\n
This book is revealed to be the titular Magpie Murders, and when Klaus asks Susan if she\u2019s read it, she answers: \u201cHe hasn\u2019t delivered it yet, but it will be number one like the last one and the one before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Towards the end of the clip, Klaus says that he can give her an answer this evening and asks: \u201cHow about a drink at your hotel?\u201d<\/p>\n
This prompts Susan to point out: \u201cYou\u2019re not the only interested party Klaus\u2026\u201d to which he replies: \u201cHmm. Nice doing business.\u201d You can watch the clip in full below.<\/p>\n